{"id":27688,"date":"2018-05-17T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=27688"},"modified":"2018-05-17T17:06:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:06:39","slug":"beer-under-glass-2018-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/beer-under-glass-2018-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Best Bets for Beer Under Glass 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As one of the biggest Chicagoland beer festivals of the year, it can be hard to know exactly how and where to spend your time and energy. This year’s Beer Under Glass boasts over 50 breweries, all of whom pour anywhere from two to four beers over the course of the night. That adds up to a lot of decisionmaking and option-weighing.<\/p>\n
We’re here to help. We’ve laid out a few different ways to approach Beer Under Glass this year, depending on your focus. Want the freshfaced newbies, the downstaters, the super-hyped or those from beyond the state’s borders? You’ve got plenty of options for all.<\/p>\n
If you really want to plan ahead, the ICBW has a PDF version of the map here,\u00a0<\/a>and you can review all our coverage from previous Beer Under Glass events here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Usually our plans go right out the window as soon as we walk through the gates — no BUG plan survives first contact with the enemy…er, breweries. That said, it’s always worth a shot — maybe this is the year we stick to a gameplan. Did we miss anything?<\/p>\n Here goes:<\/p>\n If this is your focus, you’ve got plenty of options. There was a huge burst of breweries that opened their doors last summer that will be pouring at Beer Under Glass for the first time.<\/p>\n Long Grove’s Buffalo<\/strong> Creek<\/strong>, Morgan Park’s Open<\/strong> Outcry<\/strong>, Tinley’s Soundgrowler<\/strong>, Stone Park’s Short<\/strong> Fuse<\/strong>\u00a0and Villa Park’s More Brewing Co.<\/strong> all opened in June-July of last year, so they’ll be ready to impress the festgoers. Rounding out the summer ’17 crowd is Roaring<\/strong> Table<\/strong> which opened in August, with Macushla<\/strong> rolling out in September.<\/p>\n We went from having no Joliet breweries to two this year — Elder<\/strong> Brewing<\/strong> opened just at the end of 2017, while MyGrain<\/strong> beat them to opening by a couple months, opening last September.\u00a0 Other super-new options are Elmhurst Brewing Company<\/strong>, still fresh from their February opening, as is ERIS Brewery and Cider House<\/strong>. (Hopefully they’ve got some ciders on tap\u00a0 — those get mighty refreshing after\u00a0wave upon wave of hopwater crashing across your palate.<\/p>\n Nevin’s Brewing isn’t new, but their Midnight Pig<\/strong> brand of beers is — they just launched in December, so this might be your first time to cross paths with those options. Finally, Saint Errant<\/strong> has had a busy year first year, starting in June at Mikerphone and moving to Begyle recently.\u00a0Their first BUG showing will, we assume, see them pouring some of their DDHIPAs and adjunct stouts. Speaking of…<\/p>\n If you’re looking for breweries that get the most discussion, the Mikerphone<\/strong> team still draws crowds for their hazy beers, crazy stouts and lovely sours.\u00a0We’d recommend heading to Saint Errant\u00a0<\/strong>and More<\/strong>\u00a0Brewing<\/strong>\u00a0as well — especially the latter since their Karma stout was named Best of Show at FOBAB. If that, or anything called Henna shows its face, grab it quick.<\/p>\nRookie Class of 2018: New Breweries<\/h4>\n
Riding the Hype Train: Must-Try Options That Could Kick Quick<\/h4>\n